Strolling across Waterloo bridge, many a person has thought - just for a moment - that they've spotted the Kinks' Terry and Julie standing there, "where they feel safe and sound, and they don't need no friends". (As long as they gaze on Waterloo Sunset, of course, they are in paradise.)

Likewise, every time I take the overland in to Euston station, I find it irresistible to sing to myself, in my best Morrissey impression, "Train heave on to Euston." (And then wonder if I've made the right decision this time...)

Yes, practically everywhere you go in London, you find yourself tripping on snippets of song lyrics. As Dorian Lynskey noted in his Readers Recommend on this subject, "London casts a spell over songwriters' imaginations rivalled only by New York."

Using Google maps, the Guardian Unlimited Music team has marked out some more famous places and streets that crop up in the music of Blur, the Rolling Stones, Akira the Don and a couple dozen other bands and artists. Click around below to travel to, for example, the Joiners Arms with Bloc Party or the Clash's Hammersmith Palais (RIP).